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Show THE SAN JUAN RECORD Wednesday June Commissioner Calvin Black San Juan County Public hearings on paving the Burr Trail road are over. About 600 people attended the southern Utah hearings, with over 100 of these people attending the hearings held by environmentalists in Salt Lake City. The road from Boulder to the Bullfrog and Ticaboo Burr Trail road is used, the same as the road from Vernal to Heber City, from Kanab to Salina, and from Logan to Provo, except the Burr Trail road is not paved. Those opposed to paving the Burr Trail road claim people on the Wasatch Front and the rest of the nation will have to pay. Some say it will not help the economy and will benefit only the Del Webb Corporation, owner of Lake Powell concessions at Halls Crossing, Bullfrog and Hite marinas. Revenues to build roads in America come from motor fuel taxes, excise taxes, license and registration fees, general fund revenues, special appropriations, timber receipts, mine lease revenues, and many other 12, 1985 - Page 2 $3.1; Kane $4.65; Piute $.85; San Juan $232; Sanpete $1.15 Sevier $6.2; Uintah $53; Washington $2.56; and Wayne $1.5. Also flowing from southern Utah counties into the state coffers are millions of dollars from property taxes (Uniform School Fund), severance taxes on gas, oil and mining, and many other sources. Last year revenue from fishing licenses, gasoline, and sale taxes at Halls Crossing, Hite and Bullfrog totaled $1.22 million with only $120,000 staying in the counties. Del Webb Corporation, the largest single private employer in San Juan and Kane counties, is like any other business. It hires people, provides services, buys and sells merchandise, and pays taxes. To say that paving the Burr Trail road will benefit only Del Webb is hogwash. Every visitor to Utah marinas at Lake Powell must travel through one or more Utah communities. These people spend money coming and going. Recent figures show that Californians make up 24 percent of the total visitors to southwestern Utah and 23 percent of the total visitors to southeastern Utah. Coloradosources. ans make up 21 percent of the From 1975 to 1985 southern total visitors to southeastern Utah counties contributed Utah and 12 percent of the total $159.1 million dollars in minvisitors to southwestern Utah. eral lease revenues to the state Traffic counts show many of coffers. During the same time these people go south into period the Wasatch Front Arizona to reach their Utah counties contributed $1.6 mildestinations. Paving the Burr lion. A breakdown of mineral Trail road will provide an lease revenue by southern east-welink via the John counties shows: (in millions) Atlantic Burr ferry for travel Beaver $3.65; Carbon $10.3; across southern Utah. Duschesne $5.4; Emery $19.7;, Over 97 percent of Lake Garfield $9.4; Grand $13.9; Iron Powell is in Utah. Last year 500,000 of the two million Letters To The Editor only people who came to the lake The Record welcomes letters from came to the Utah portion. its readers on any subject of public interest. Letters must be no more Paving the Burr Trail road, than 300 words in length. The along with other development to reserves the st right edit, publisher condense or reject any contributions. Letters must be signed. Dear Editor: We publicly express our appreciation to all those respon- sible for the display of white crosses and flags honoring our deceased servicemen at the Blanding City Cemetery Memorial weekend. Keep up the good work. It was very impressive. Thanks to all. Sincerely, Betty Gordon Huck Acton Dear Editor: The State of California is writing to retirees in their system about a campaign the banking industry is conducting to set up an Electronic Fund Transfer (EFT) system for retirement checks. Supposedly the banks .say they are doing (Please turn to Page 15) and improvements, will help Utah get its fair share of the economic benefits of the lake benefits shared by the entire state. Diamond, our guide, told us two stories about King Ramah the Fifth, of the King and I fame. It wasnt polite to ask the king personal questions, but one duchess, who sat near the king at a dinner party, wanted to know everything. One question that she asked shocked everybody, even the queen. She asked him, Please, your majesty, why do you have to have so many wives? The king replied to her, smiling and gentle, If I had seen you before, I should have one wife only. The duchess turned red, you know. He was very diplomatic and smart. King Ramah was good friend of Tsar Nicolas the Second of Russia in the old days. He was a friend when the Tsar was the crown prince and came to visit in Bangkok. The statue of the emerald Buddha is the most beautiful and the most important statue of Buddha in our country. One day the Tsar asked King Ramah, As your good friend if I ask you for something from Thailand, as a souvenier, would you give it to Money found We would miss the fascinating The king told the Tsar that he would give him anything he wanted. The Tsar said, I want to have the emerald Buddha back home. King Ramah was shocked, but as he is a king, he would never change a word. He replied, Yes, you can take it. As your friend I would like to ask something from Russia also, from your country. The Tsar agree, so King Ramah asked, When you receive the emerald Buddha, please turn it back to me. He was very smart, the Tsar had to say yes. Our time in Thailand was fast drawing to a close, and we disliked the thought of leaving this enchanting land and our delightful guide. We had appreciated the girls pitchfilling our ers with ice water each night, and we were a little surprised at the young men coming each evening to turn down our beds. me? excursions, friendly people, and the days filled to overflowing with enjoyment. Was it really possible that just a few short days before, we were all wondering why anyone would have scheduled a stop in such a drab, uninteresting place as Thai- land? At the airport, as we were being checked through customs, we saw a group of people off to one side for whom we were very concerned. One young father was holding a tiny girl who was obviously quite ill but there was nothing we could do to help. All of the people looked dejected and apprehensive and each had a tag around his neck. We couldnt help wondering whence they came and where they were going. We could learn nothing about them, but seeing their condition made our freedom and other blessings more dear to us. well-insulate- d The Blanding Police Department is holding an unspecified amount of money found on Main Street. Chief Bevan Wright said the money was but he given to him in mid-Mahas received no reports of lost money. He said the money will be returned if the owner can be y found. Anyone making a claim will be expected to identify the amount of money. Wright said if the owner cannot be found, the money will be returned to the person who found it. Without Advertising Wouldnt Know You ENDS THURSDAY ENDS THURSDAY LAST DRAGON 7:30 p.m. STICK 9:30 p.m. STARTS FRIDAY STARTS FRIDAY No Show On Monday Wednesday $1 Nite SAP JUAN THEATER BLAHDIHG Published weekly at Monticello, Utah, 84535. Second class postage LADY HAWK paid at Monticello, Utah (USPS Address changes: Box 879, Monticello, Utah. The San Juan Record is a member of 480-400- ). lPG-13- 1 aBHH the Association. J. 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